• Negative Affect

    Negative Affect is one of the three aspects of happiness. It is closely related to stress.  Much of this article is summarised from 'The Psychology of Happiness' (Argyle, 2001)

    The absence of Negative Affect is one of the keys to ...

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  • Positive Affect

    Positive Affect is one of the three aspects of happiness.  Much of this article is summarised from 'The Psychology of Happiness' (Argyle, 2001).

    A number of researchers have looked at positive emotions including Maslow (1968), Csikszentmihalyi (1975), Argyle & Crossland ...

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  • What is Happiness?

    Happiness is a major factor in such things as employee satisfaction. This article provides a summary of the academic literature that describes the nature of happiness. Much of  this article is summarised from The Psychology of Happiness (Argyle, 2001)

    Most ...

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  • The Nature of Satisfaction with Life

    Satisfaction with Life is one of the three aspects of happiness.  Much of this article is summarised from 'The Psychology of Happiness' (Argyle, 2001).

    Satisfaction is the cognitive aspect of happiness - the part that is a conscious appraisal and ...

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  • Stress, Happiness and their impact on our bodies

    Stress is one of the issues of our times. This article looks at how it physically affects us.  This article is a summary of The Psychology of Happiness (Argyle, 2001).

    There are clear links between happiness, stress and physical health ...

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